Saturday Night Live comedian Seth Meyers is dipping his foot into the sports world again as he prepares to host his second consecutive ESPYS awards show in Hollywood tonight, Wednesday July 13. ESPN will broadcast the show at 9 p.m. ET.

Seth Meyers gave his thoughts on LeBron James, Peyton Manning and Barack Obama during a recent ESPN conference call. Here are some of the more interesting tidbits, including our questions to him about how to judge when a joke crosses the line and the nerve-wracking experience of hosting a live show like the ESPYS.

On funniest sports celebrity he’s worked with.

I feel like it’s almost an obvious answer, but I will stick with Peyton Manning. He’s, I think, it’s no surprise to see him in commercials, he’s really one of the funnier guys I ever met….with that said, Charles Barkley might be more fun to talk to. Charles Barkley is in that really nice place now where he’s been so outrageous that no is surprised anymore and that gives him a lot of freedom to say what he wants.

On public’s hate of LeBron James and Miami Heat.

Um, you know it certainly makes sense based on what I know about human behavior that people would turn against LeBron James. Uh, but I would urge people to remember that pretty much all Americans would like to make the choice to work where they want and work with the people they want to do it with. Um, I just think unfortunately there were a few missteps in how it was handled and that made sense that people would sort of enjoy shooting hate at the Heat’s season.

On who is more intimidating to make fun of President Obama or the athletes.

[Seth Meyers previously hosted the White House correspondent's dinner in April]. “Um, I think probably Obama is more intimidating. Even though the athletes can physically hurt me, I feel like Obama has the power of the IRS and that’s more intimidating.”

On his preparation for the ESPYS.

“Well, we’re shooting a few short films this week and writing monologue jokes and, um, we really want to get on the [docket] deserving athletes, so if anyone wants to get in a sex scandal in the next few days that’d be great.

On what’s off limits in the sports world for jokes.

I don’t think anything is off limits, I think one of the tricks for us this year is with so much labor strife, you know, finding the humor in that. I think to most people all lockouts mean is that their sports aren’t gonna happen and I don’t think many people are familiar with the intricacies of collective bargaining so that’s part of the trick. It’s not off limits, but it’s a little harder.

On any previous negative reactions he’s gotten from athletes about ESPYS host performance.

You know, I feel like working at SNL Lorne [Michaels] instills in you, you try not to make a joke that’s so unfair that if you saw the person you would walk the other way. So I think you try to make jokes that as long as at the heart of them they’re fun and not mean-spirited you don’t have to worry about it too much.

On when a joke becomes mean-spirited.

Well, you know, when we write it we have about six comedy writers in the room and I’ve found that if just one comedy writer thinks it’s mean-spirited, it’s probably mean-spirited. To be honest, it’s just the ones that when you say them in the back of your mind you say to yourself that’s probably over the line. I think it’s more of a feel thing than any sort of metric thing that you can put a number on. And to be honest, as a comedy writer you aim for the line and when you aim for the line, there aren’t many times when you go over.

On the most nerve-wracking part about hosting a live show like the ESPYS.

Most of my experience is in live, but the weird thing about the ESPYS versus Saturday Night Live is there’s no dress rehearsal so a lot of times you’re telling jokes for the first time and that I think is probably the most stressful because when you tell a joke in front of a big room of people and no one laughs, you can feel the bewilderment of the audience trying to understand why you ever thought they would [think the joke was funny].

Marital troubles dented the public images of Orlando residents Tiger Woods and Shaquille O’Neal. But it certainly hasn’t ruined their reign among the world’s most powerful athletes.

Both ranked among the top 10 most powerful athletes in the world according to Business Week’s Power 100 2011 list. Results were gathered by using polls, market research and estimated endorsement dollars according to the company.

Tiger Woods, who was No. 1 in 2010, slid just a few spots to No. 3 behind Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Olympian Shaun White (none of which were considered cool by GQ magazine btw). Woods also ranked one spot above PGA golf competitor Phil Mickelson. According to the article, Woods brought home an estimated $71.3 million in part from his endorsement earning from Nike, EA Sports and Tag Heuer despite his personal life turmoil.

Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer speaks to the media at the SEC football media days in Hoover, Ala. on Thursday, July 24, 2008. Fulmer was given a subpoena in the Wendell Smith case when he arrived at the Wynfrey hotel. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Despite Florida’s early hiccups against USF Saturday, they shouldn’t have any problems knocking off SEC foe Tennessee on the road Saturday, says former Tennessee coach and CBS college football analyst Phil Fulmer.

Florida (2-0) will look to extend a six-game series streak against Tennessee. The Lane Kiffinless Vols got pounded during a rainy game by Oregon last weekend 48-13. Tennessee and Florida match-up marks their SEC openers. The Vols are looking for their first win against the Gators since 2004.

I asked Fulmer, who stepped down as Tennessee’s head football coach in 2008, about his alma mater’s chances against the Gators on a CBS College Football telephone conference Monday and his full thoughts are listed below.

Q: Florida struggled a little bit against USF in their win against USF. What kind of adjustments do you think they need to make to get prepared for Tennessee and does Tennessee have a shot at beating them?

A: Well I think Tennessee did a great job last year of shortening the game, being able to run the ball and playing great defense and probably kept it closer than they should have. I don’t think we’ve seen the real Florida team yet. You know when you have that many people graduate, that many losses and a couple of pro football, all the dynamics change by losing such an unbelievable leader like [Tim] Tebow and I think people probably don’t talk about [Brandon] Spikes enough as a leader. They’re going through some transition right now. I saw Tennessee this past weekend and they don’t look like they’re 100 percent on what they’re going to be either, I just think Florida’s ability to run the ball, they’re playing great in the kicking game and very well on defense, is probably too much for Tennessee at this point.”

Fulmer added that Florida’s changing of the guard at the quarterback helm from Tebow to John Brantley is similar to Tennessee’s transition from Peyton Manning to Tamaurice “Tee” Martin in 1998-1999. If you’ll recall, Tee Martin led the Vols to a 13-0 record and Fiesta Bowl victory over Florida State to win the school’s first NCAA football championship since 1951.

But don’t count on John Brantley repeating that feat. Granted, Florida is still considered the second best team in the conference but I wouldn’t bet on the Gators winning their Oct. 2 contest against No. 1 Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

Saturday kicks off Florida’s eight-game conference stretch, with the Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State and South Carolina contests at home.

So let’s hear it sports fans, how many SEC games will Florida win this season?